What Went Down At The December Democratic Primary Debate
As the moderators pointed out, Yang is the only non-white candidate on stage tonight. Here’s how the share of voters considering each candidate broke down by race in our poll with Ipsos:
Biden does best among black voters
Share of respondents in an Ipsos/FiveThirtyEight poll who said they were considering each candidate, by race
| Race | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| candidate | Black | Hispanic | Other or Mixed | White |
| Biden | 70.5% | 52.5% | 48.6% | 45.8% |
| Sanders | 38.2 | 51.3 | 42.2 | 34.3 |
| Warren | 28.8 | 30.8 | 49.5 | 43.0 |
| Buttigieg | 11.7 | 11.8 | 22.6 | 34.4 |
| Yang | 10.3 | 11.1 | 19.6 | 10.5 |
| Steyer | 6.7 | 7.7 | 6.9 | 8.2 |
| Klobuchar | 5.4 | 3.5 | 6.4 | 14.2 |
Sanders gets a question on Israel, which has become an increasingly controversial political issue, particularly on the left. He went right after Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, saying he’s a “racist.” This is really a third-rail issue and I’m a little surprised the moderators asked about it.
In response to a question about American policy toward Israel, Sanders called himself “proudly Jewish.” One notable thing about this campaign is how much more he talks about his biography — he never talked about that before a couple of months ago. I have to think it has something to do with the rise of anti-Semitism in the U.S.